diff --git a/hwloc.spec b/hwloc.spec
index b2689ff..e12bf6b 100644
--- a/hwloc.spec
+++ b/hwloc.spec
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ Requires:  %{name}-plugins%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
+# The ./configure script will support --runstatedir= when generated with
+# autoconf 2.70. Until then, tell it about /run using the export:
+export runstatedir=/run
 %configure --enable-plugins --disable-silent-rules
 # Remove rpaths
 sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool